Monitoring and controlling system and method for data processing system

Abstract

Fault monitoring/controlling apparatus and method for a data processing system comprises one or more computer systems, monitor and control apparatuses connected thereto for monitoring and controlling the associated computer systems and a single supervision/control system provided at a site remote from the computer systems. When abnormality taking place in the computer system is decided as a fault, report of the fault occurrence is automatically effectuated to the remotely located supervision/control system, which responds to the reception of the fault report and issues, if necessary, a command requesting additional supply of detailed fault information to the computer system suffering the fault. The additional fault information is comparatively collated with the fault information accumulated (precedents). When a reference precedent which coincides with the fault occurring currently is found to be present as the result of collation, a recovery procedure is generated on the basis of the precedent data to be subsequently transmitted to the computer system of concern. A plurality of computer systems can be monitored in a consolidated manner, wherein fault taking place in the computer systems can be removed rapidly through diagnosis and execution of appropriate procedure.